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Many of us have been warned in the social media about sightings of strays/suspected rabid dogs in the suburbs of Harare. Farmers have also noted an apparent increase of jackals in the rural areas. Both sets of observations are ominous as rabies tends to be the consequence of a population increase of these two key groups of vectors of rabies. Rabid dogs and jackals are not always easy to recognise. Typically the animal appears abnormally fearless in strange company. Jackals may appear tame and...